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2019-09-30cpu: Make use of DRAMCtrl::AddrMap in the traffic generatorsNikos Nikoleris
Use the enum defined in the memory controller rather than custom strings and int that are later converted to the DRAMCtrl::AddrMap enum. Change-Id: Ie5b19f915f9990fd2b7505d4d1b17b6fc2100f9e Signed-off-by: Nikos Nikoleris <nikos.nikoleris@arm.com> Reviewed-on: https://gem5-review.googlesource.com/c/public/gem5/+/21080 Reviewed-by: Andreas Sandberg <andreas.sandberg@arm.com> Maintainer: Andreas Sandberg <andreas.sandberg@arm.com> Tested-by: kokoro <noreply+kokoro@google.com>
2019-08-29cpu: Convert traffic gen to use new statsAndreas Sandberg
Change-Id: Ife690a137c2dcfb6bcc8b22df996c84f0d231618 Signed-off-by: Andreas Sandberg <andreas.sandberg@arm.com> Reviewed-on: https://gem5-review.googlesource.com/c/public/gem5/+/19370 Tested-by: kokoro <noreply+kokoro@google.com> Reviewed-by: Daniel Carvalho <odanrc@yahoo.com.br> Reviewed-by: Jason Lowe-Power <jason@lowepower.com> Maintainer: Jason Lowe-Power <jason@lowepower.com>
2019-06-11cpu: Additional TrafficGen statsTiago Muck
Additional stats to keep track of read/write latencies and throughput. Change-Id: I7684cd33cf68fffdef4ca9c3a6db360a0f531c18 Signed-off-by: Tiago Muck <tiago.muck@arm.com> Reviewed-on: https://gem5-review.googlesource.com/c/public/gem5/+/18418 Reviewed-by: Andreas Sandberg <andreas.sandberg@arm.com> Maintainer: Andreas Sandberg <andreas.sandberg@arm.com> Tested-by: kokoro <noreply+kokoro@google.com>
2019-06-11cpu: Limit TrafficGen outstanding reqsTiago Muck
Parameter to limit the number of requests waiting for a response. Change-Id: I6cf9e8782a06ae978fb66f7c4278f4c9e9980c79 Signed-off-by: Tiago Muck <tiago.muck@arm.com> Reviewed-on: https://gem5-review.googlesource.com/c/public/gem5/+/18417 Reviewed-by: Jason Lowe-Power <jason@lowepower.com> Maintainer: Jason Lowe-Power <jason@lowepower.com> Tested-by: kokoro <noreply+kokoro@google.com>
2019-06-11cpu: TrafficGen as BaseCPUTiago Muck
TrafficGen has additional attributes to behave like a BaseCPU. Python scripts that expect sim. objects derived from BaseCPU can now be used with TrafficGen without additional modifications. Change-Id: Iee848b2ba0ac1851c487b1003da9bd96253d291a Signed-off-by: Tiago Muck <tiago.muck@arm.com> Reviewed-on: https://gem5-review.googlesource.com/c/public/gem5/+/18416 Reviewed-by: Jason Lowe-Power <jason@lowepower.com> Maintainer: Jason Lowe-Power <jason@lowepower.com> Tested-by: kokoro <noreply+kokoro@google.com>
2019-04-28mem: Minimize the use of MemObject.Gabe Black
MemObject doesn't provide anything beyond its base ClockedObject any more, so this change removes it from most inheritance hierarchies. Occasionally MemObject is replaced with SimObject when I was fairly confident that the extra functionality of ClockedObject wasn't needed. Change-Id: Ic014ab61e56402e62548e8c831eb16e26523fdce Reviewed-on: https://gem5-review.googlesource.com/c/public/gem5/+/18289 Tested-by: kokoro <noreply+kokoro@google.com> Reviewed-by: Anthony Gutierrez <anthony.gutierrez@amd.com> Maintainer: Gabe Black <gabeblack@google.com>
2019-03-19arch, cpu, dev, gpu, mem, sim, python: start using getPort.Gabe Black
Replace the getMasterPort, getSlavePort, and getEthPort functions with getPort, and remove extraneous mechanisms that are no longer necessary. Change-Id: Iab7e3c02d2f3a0cf33e7e824e18c28646b5bc318 Reviewed-on: https://gem5-review.googlesource.com/c/public/gem5/+/17040 Reviewed-by: Daniel Carvalho <odanrc@yahoo.com.br> Reviewed-by: Andreas Sandberg <andreas.sandberg@arm.com> Maintainer: Andreas Sandberg <andreas.sandberg@arm.com>
2019-02-12python: Don't assume SimObjects live in the global namespaceAndreas Sandberg
The importer in Python 3 doesn't like the way we import SimObjects from the global namespace. Convert the existing SimObject declarations to import from m5.objects. As a side-effect, this makes these files consistent with configuration files. Change-Id: I11153502b430822130722839e1fa767b82a027aa Signed-off-by: Andreas Sandberg <andreas.sandberg@arm.com> Reviewed-on: https://gem5-review.googlesource.com/c/15981 Reviewed-by: Jason Lowe-Power <jason@lowepower.com> Reviewed-by: Giacomo Travaglini <giacomo.travaglini@arm.com>
2018-12-04base, sim: Add missing destructorsNikos Nikoleris
Derived classes with virtual functions need to define a virtual destructor or a protected destructor otherwise calling the base class destructor has undefined behavior. This change adds a virtual distructor in the base class. Change-Id: I1c855aa56dff6585ff99b9147bdb4eb9729a0a53 Signed-off-by: Nikos Nikoleris <nikos.nikoleris@arm.com> Reviewed-on: https://gem5-review.googlesource.com/c/14815 Reviewed-by: Giacomo Travaglini <giacomo.travaglini@arm.com> Reviewed-by: Jason Lowe-Power <jason@lowepower.com> Maintainer: Jason Lowe-Power <jason@lowepower.com>
2018-08-24cpu: Stream/SubstreamID support in TrafficGenGiacomo Travaglini
This patch is adding support for generating memory requests which set the StreamID/SubstreamID field, so that is possible to emulate devices attached to an external IOMMU/SMMU with a Traffic generator. Change-Id: Iea068de581ae7125a9d49314124a08c045c75b49 Signed-off-by: Giacomo Travaglini <giacomo.travaglini@arm.com> Reviewed-on: https://gem5-review.googlesource.com/12188
2018-08-24cpu: Turn BaseTrafficGen numSuppressed into a statMichiel W. van Tol
This is changing numSuppressed from being a warn only variable into a Stat so that it is visible at the end of simulation. Change-Id: I934782e796c898bfc0e773cc88c597a68e403272 Reviewed-on: https://gem5-review.googlesource.com/11849 Reviewed-by: Jason Lowe-Power <jason@lowepower.com> Reviewed-by: Andreas Sandberg <andreas.sandberg@arm.com> Maintainer: Andreas Sandberg <andreas.sandberg@arm.com>
2018-08-21misc: Appease GCC 8Jason Lowe-Power
GCC 8 adds a number of new warnings to -Wall which generate errors. - Fix memset to 0 for structs by adding casts. - Fix cast with const when the const was ignored. - Fix catch a polymorphic type by value We now compile with GCC 8! Change-Id: Iab70ce11190eee67608fc25c0bedff170152b153 Signed-off-by: Jason Lowe-Power <jason@lowepower.com> Reviewed-on: https://gem5-review.googlesource.com/11949 Reviewed-by: Daniel Carvalho <odanrc@yahoo.com.br> Reviewed-by: Andreas Sandberg <andreas.sandberg@arm.com>
2018-07-25cpu: Warn when (un)serializing a traffic generatorGiacomo Travaglini
When checkpointing a system with a traffic generator, a warning is produced so that the user is reminded serialization does not keep all the traffic generator internal state. Change-Id: I3c49c912c9ff3a4208f55b2da0a88fc694147280 Signed-off-by: Giacomo Travaglini <giacomo.travaglini@arm.com> Reviewed-on: https://gem5-review.googlesource.com/11831 Reviewed-by: Anthony Gutierrez <anthony.gutierrez@amd.com> Reviewed-by: Jason Lowe-Power <jason@lowepower.com> Maintainer: Jason Lowe-Power <jason@lowepower.com>
2018-07-25cpu: Allow creation of traffic gen from generic SimObjectsGiacomo Travaglini
This patch allows to instantiate a Traffic generator starting from a generic SimObject, so that linking to a BaseTrafficGen only is no longer mandatory. This permits SimObjects different than a BaseTrafficGen to instantiate generators and to manually specify the MasterID they will be using when generating memory requests. Change-Id: Ic286cfa49fd9c9707e6f12a4ea19993dd3006b2b Signed-off-by: Giacomo Travaglini <giacomo.travaglini@arm.com> Reviewed-on: https://gem5-review.googlesource.com/11789 Reviewed-by: Jason Lowe-Power <jason@lowepower.com> Reviewed-by: Andreas Sandberg <andreas.sandberg@arm.com> Maintainer: Andreas Sandberg <andreas.sandberg@arm.com>
2018-07-13cpu: Add a Python-enabled traffic generatorAndreas Sandberg
The current traffic generator relies on a configuration file that describes a small machine to generate stimuli. This configuration file is usually generated by the gem5 Python configuration. This creates an unnecessary and fragile step. This changeset introduces a Python-based trace module. When instantiated, the module exposes a start method that takes an iterable object as a parameter (e.g., a generator). The iterable object is expected to represent a list of generators that will be run one after the other. For example: system.tgen = PyTrafficGen() m5.instantiate() def trace(): yield system.tgen.createIdle(1000) yield system.tgen.createExit(0) system.tgen.start(trace()) Change-Id: I58e60ca517e86c197859f4daaa67750066abdc1c Signed-off-by: Andreas Sandberg <andreas.sandberg@arm.com> Reviewed-by: Nikos Nikoleris <nikos.nikoleris@arm.com> Reviewed-on: https://gem5-review.googlesource.com/11518 Reviewed-by: Jason Lowe-Power <jason@lowepower.com>
2018-07-13cpu: Support trace termination in BaseTrafficGenAndreas Sandberg
Make the BaseTrafficGen handle cases where getNextPacket() can't find a new packet and returns NULL. In that case, assume the generator has run out of packets and switch to the next generator. Change-Id: I5ca6ead550005812fb849ed9ce6b5007a65ddfa7 Signed-off-by: Andreas Sandberg <andreas.sandberg@arm.com> Reviewed-by: Nikos Nikoleris <nikos.nikoleris@arm.com> Reviewed-on: https://gem5-review.googlesource.com/11517 Reviewed-by: Jason Lowe-Power <jason@lowepower.com>
2018-07-13cpu: Unify error handling for address generatorsAndreas Sandberg
Unify error handling and create factory methods for address generators. Change-Id: Ic3ab705e1bb58affd498a7db176536ebc721b904 Signed-off-by: Andreas Sandberg <andreas.sandberg@arm.com> Reviewed-by: Nikos Nikoleris <nikos.nikoleris@arm.com> Reviewed-on: https://gem5-review.googlesource.com/11516 Reviewed-by: Jason Lowe-Power <jason@lowepower.com>
2018-07-13cpu: Split the traffic generator into two classesAndreas Sandberg
The traffic generator currently assumes that it is always driven from a configuration file. Split it into a base class (BaseTrafficGen) that handles basic packet generation and a derived class that implements the config handling (TrafficGen). Change-Id: I9407f04c40ad7e40a263c8d1ef29d37ff8e6f1b4 Signed-off-by: Andreas Sandberg <andreas.sandberg@arm.com> Reviewed-by: Nikos Nikoleris <nikos.nikoleris@arm.com> Reviewed-on: https://gem5-review.googlesource.com/11515
2018-06-28cpu: Remove reduntant protobuf includesAndreas Sandberg
Change-Id: Ic34b94b3a2ea951bc023cfce2d09ce304a602e41 Signed-off-by: Andreas Sandberg <andreas.sandberg@arm.com> Reviewed-by: Nikos Nikoleris <nikos.nikoleris@arm.com> Reviewed-on: https://gem5-review.googlesource.com/11512 Reviewed-by: Jason Lowe-Power <jason@lowepower.com>
2018-06-11misc: Using smart pointers for memory RequestsGiacomo Travaglini
This patch is changing the underlying type for RequestPtr from Request* to shared_ptr<Request>. Having memory requests being managed by smart pointers will simplify the code; it will also prevent memory leakage and dangling pointers. Change-Id: I7749af38a11ac8eb4d53d8df1252951e0890fde3 Signed-off-by: Giacomo Travaglini <giacomo.travaglini@arm.com> Reviewed-by: Andreas Sandberg <andreas.sandberg@arm.com> Reviewed-on: https://gem5-review.googlesource.com/10996 Reviewed-by: Nikos Nikoleris <nikos.nikoleris@arm.com> Maintainer: Nikos Nikoleris <nikos.nikoleris@arm.com>
2018-06-11misc: Substitute pointer to Request with aliased RequestPtrGiacomo Travaglini
Every usage of Request* in the code has been replaced with the RequestPtr alias. This is a preparing patch for when RequestPtr will be the typdefed to a smart pointer to Request rather then a raw pointer to Request. Change-Id: I73cbaf2d96ea9313a590cdc731a25662950cd51a Signed-off-by: Giacomo Travaglini <giacomo.travaglini@arm.com> Reviewed-by: Nikos Nikoleris <nikos.nikoleris@arm.com> Reviewed-on: https://gem5-review.googlesource.com/10995 Reviewed-by: Anthony Gutierrez <anthony.gutierrez@amd.com> Reviewed-by: Daniel Carvalho <odanrc@yahoo.com.br> Maintainer: Anthony Gutierrez <anthony.gutierrez@amd.com>
2018-04-27sim,cpu,mem,arch: Introduced MasterInfo data structureGiacomo Travaglini
With this patch a gem5 System will store more info about its Masters. While it was previously keeping track of the Master name and Master ID only, it is now adding a per-Master pointer to the SimObject related to the Master. This will make it possible for a client to query a System for a Master using either the master's name or the master's pointer. Change-Id: I8b97d328a65cd06f329e2cdd3679451c17d2b8f6 Signed-off-by: Giacomo Travaglini <giacomo.travaglini@arm.com> Reviewed-by: Andreas Sandberg <andreas.sandberg@arm.com> Reviewed-on: https://gem5-review.googlesource.com/9781 Reviewed-by: Jason Lowe-Power <jason@lowepower.com> Maintainer: Nikos Nikoleris <nikos.nikoleris@arm.com>
2017-12-20cpu: Fix exit_gen.cc which used misc.hh instead of logging.hh.Gabe Black
Change-Id: I868021a01eb3e7902a4d64283bdfaa93c6d9f964 Reviewed-on: https://gem5-review.googlesource.com/6822 Reviewed-by: Andreas Sandberg <andreas.sandberg@arm.com> Maintainer: Andreas Sandberg <andreas.sandberg@arm.com>
2017-12-19cpu-tester: Added ExitGen to TrafficGenRiken Gohil
Added the ExitGen to the TrafficGenerator which allows an EXIT state to be added to the TrafficGen configuration file. Entering this state will cause the simulation to exit immediately. Please note that if multiple TrafficGen instances have an EXIT state, the first of these to be encountered will cause the simulation to terminate. Change-Id: Ieea51f05ffb780771f007787a2b119f79143d0c1 Reviewed-by: Sascha Bischoff <sascha.bischoff@arm.com> Reviewed-on: https://gem5-review.googlesource.com/5723 Reviewed-by: Andreas Sandberg <andreas.sandberg@arm.com> Maintainer: Andreas Sandberg <andreas.sandberg@arm.com>
2017-12-19cpu-tester: Refactoring traffic generators into separate files.Riken Gohil
Change-Id: I2372a0a88e276dcb0c06c3d0a789e010cfba8013 Reviewed-by: Matteo Andreozzi <matteo.andreozzi@arm.com> Reviewed-on: https://gem5-review.googlesource.com/5722 Maintainer: Andreas Sandberg <andreas.sandberg@arm.com> Reviewed-by: Andreas Sandberg <andreas.sandberg@arm.com>
2017-06-20cpu, gpu-compute: Replace EventWrapper use with EventFunctionWrapperSean Wilson
Change-Id: Idd5992463bcf9154f823b82461070d1f1842cea3 Signed-off-by: Sean Wilson <spwilson2@wisc.edu> Reviewed-on: https://gem5-review.googlesource.com/3746 Reviewed-by: Anthony Gutierrez <anthony.gutierrez@amd.com> Reviewed-by: Jason Lowe-Power <jason@lowepower.com> Maintainer: Jason Lowe-Power <jason@lowepower.com>
2016-12-05cpu: Change traffic generators to use different values for writesNikos Nikoleris
Previously all traffic generators would use the same value for write requests. With this change traffic generators use their master id as the payload of write requests making them more useful for the memchecker. Change-Id: Id1a6b8f02853789b108ef6003f4c32ab929bb123 Reviewed-by: Andreas Hansson <andreas.hansson@arm.com> Reviewed-by: Stephan Diestelhorst <stephan.diestelhorst@arm.com>
2016-06-20mem: Resolve TrafficGen trace relative to the configAndreas Sandberg
The traffic generator currently resolves relative trace paths relative to gem5's current working directory. This can lead to surprising results for relative paths where the expectation would normally be that they are resolved relative to the configuration file. This changeset implements config-relative trace file lookups. The old behavior is kept as a fallback for configs that expect that behavior. Change-Id: I1bda4e16725842666ffc37dcb6838c23a6ff138c Signed-off-by: Andreas Sandberg <andreas.sandberg@arm.com> Reviewed-by: Curtis Dunham <curtis.dunham@arm.com>
2016-06-06sim: Call regStats of base-class as wellStephan Diestelhorst
We want to extend the stats of objects hierarchically and thus it is necessary to register the statistics of the base-class(es), as well. For now, these are empty, but generic stats will be added there. Patch originally provided by Akash Bagdia at ARM Ltd.
2016-05-26cpu: Add a basic progress check to the TrafficGenAndreas Hansson
This patch adds a progress check to the TrafficGen so that it is easier to detect deadlock scenarios where the generator gets stuck waiting for a retry, and makes no further progress. Change-Id: Ifb8779ad0939f52c0518d0e867bac73f99b82e2b Reviewed-by: Andreas Sandberg <andreas.sandberg@arm.com> Reviewed-by: Radhika Jagtap <radhika.jagtap@arm.com>
2016-03-20cpu: warn if TrafficGen is suppressing a large numer of packetsAndreas Hansson
Add a basic warning for every 10000 packet that is suppressed to alert the user.
2016-02-24cpu: TraceGen fix for tick frequency checkMatteo Andreozzi
Bug fix for check on protobuf file frequency being different than global frequency. The ASCII encoder script is also fixed, and the example trace used in the regressions is updated.
2015-11-22cpu: Fix memory leak in traffic generatorAndreas Hansson
In cases where we discard the packet, make sure to also delete it and the associated request.
2015-10-12misc: Add explicit overrides and fix other clang >= 3.5 issuesAndreas Hansson
This patch adds explicit overrides as this is now required when using "-Wall" with clang >= 3.5, the latter now part of the most recent XCode. The patch consequently removes "virtual" for those methods where "override" is added. The latter should be enough of an indication. As part of this patch, a few minor issues that clang >= 3.5 complains about are also resolved (unused methods and variables).
2015-10-12misc: Remove redundant compiler-specific definesAndreas Hansson
This patch moves away from using M5_ATTR_OVERRIDE and the m5::hashmap (and similar) abstractions, as these are no longer needed with gcc 4.7 and clang 3.1 as minimum compiler versions.
2015-07-07sim: Refactor and simplify the drain APIAndreas Sandberg
The drain() call currently passes around a DrainManager pointer, which is now completely pointless since there is only ever one global DrainManager in the system. It also contains vestiges from the time when SimObjects had to keep track of their child objects that needed draining. This changeset moves all of the DrainState handling to the Drainable base class and changes the drain() and drainResume() calls to reflect this. Particularly, the drain() call has been updated to take no parameters (the DrainManager argument isn't needed) and return a DrainState instead of an unsigned integer (there is no point returning anything other than 0 or 1 any more). Drainable objects should return either DrainState::Draining (equivalent to returning 1 in the old system) if they need more time to drain or DrainState::Drained (equivalent to returning 0 in the old system) if they are already in a consistent state. Returning DrainState::Running is considered an error. Drain done signalling is now done through the signalDrainDone() method in the Drainable class instead of using the DrainManager directly. The new call checks if the state of the object is DrainState::Draining before notifying the drain manager. This means that it is safe to call signalDrainDone() without first checking if the simulator has requested draining. The intention here is to reduce the code needed to implement draining in simple objects.
2015-07-07sim: Refactor the serialization base classAndreas Sandberg
Objects that are can be serialized are supposed to inherit from the Serializable class. This class is meant to provide a unified API for such objects. However, so far it has mainly been used by SimObjects due to some fundamental design limitations. This changeset redesigns to the serialization interface to make it more generic and hide the underlying checkpoint storage. Specifically: * Add a set of APIs to serialize into a subsection of the current object. Previously, objects that needed this functionality would use ad-hoc solutions using nameOut() and section name generation. In the new world, an object that implements the interface has the methods serializeSection() and unserializeSection() that serialize into a named /subsection/ of the current object. Calling serialize() serializes an object into the current section. * Move the name() method from Serializable to SimObject as it is no longer needed for serialization. The fully qualified section name is generated by the main serialization code on the fly as objects serialize sub-objects. * Add a scoped ScopedCheckpointSection helper class. Some objects need to serialize data structures, that are not deriving from Serializable, into subsections. Previously, this was done using nameOut() and manual section name generation. To simplify this, this changeset introduces a ScopedCheckpointSection() helper class. When this class is instantiated, it adds a new /subsection/ and subsequent serialization calls during the lifetime of this helper class happen inside this section (or a subsection in case of nested sections). * The serialize() call is now const which prevents accidental state manipulation during serialization. Objects that rely on modifying state can use the serializeOld() call instead. The default implementation simply calls serialize(). Note: The old-style calls need to be explicitly called using the serializeOld()/serializeSectionOld() style APIs. These are used by default when serializing SimObjects. * Both the input and output checkpoints now use their own named types. This hides underlying checkpoint implementation from objects that need checkpointing and makes it easier to change the underlying checkpoint storage code.
2015-03-19cpu: Fix TrafficGen message formatWendy Elsasser
Fix erroneous message format for fatal error. Previously, code did not have type indicator (% instead of %d). Also removed redundant fatal check. Ran modified sweep.py with in range and out of range values to test.
2015-03-02mem: Split port retry for all different packet classesAndreas Hansson
This patch fixes a long-standing isue with the port flow control. Before this patch the retry mechanism was shared between all different packet classes. As a result, a snoop response could get stuck behind a request waiting for a retry, even if the send/recv functions were split. This caused message-dependent deadlocks in stress-test scenarios. The patch splits the retry into one per packet (message) class. Thus, sendTimingReq has a corresponding recvReqRetry, sendTimingResp has recvRespRetry etc. Most of the changes to the code involve simply clarifying what type of request a specific object was accepting. The biggest change in functionality is in the cache downstream packet queue, facing the memory. This queue was shared by requests and snoop responses, and it is now split into two queues, each with their own flow control, but the same physical MasterPort. These changes fixes the previously seen deadlocks.
2015-03-02cpu: Add a PC-value to the traffic generator requestsStephan Diestelhorst
Have the traffic generator add its masterID as the PC address to the requests. That way, prefetchers (and other components) that use a PC for request classification will see per-tester streams of requests. This enables us to test strided prefetchers with the memchecker, too.
2015-02-16cpu: TrafficGen sinks snoops without complainingAndreas Hansson
To be able to use the TrafficGen in a system with caches we need to allow it to sink incoming snoop requests. By default the master port panics, so silently ignore any snoops.
2014-12-02mem: Assume all dynamic packet data is array allocatedAndreas Hansson
This patch simplifies how we deal with dynamically allocated data in the packet, always assuming that it is array allocated, and hence should be array deallocated (delete[] as opposed to delete). The only uses of dataDynamic was in the Ruby testers. The ARRAY_DATA flag in the packet is removed accordingly. No defragmentation of the flags is done at this point, leaving a gap in the bit masks. As the last part the patch, it renames dataDynamicArray to dataDynamic.
2014-09-20cpu: Update DRAM traffic genWendy Elsasser
Add new DRAM_ROTATE mode to traffic generator. This mode will generate DRAM traffic that rotates across banks per rank, command types, and ranks per channel The looping order is illustrated below: for (ranks per channel) for (command types) for (banks per rank) // Generate DRAM Command Series This patch also adds the read percentage as an input argument to the DRAM sweep script. If the simulated read percentage is 0 or 100, the middle for loop does not generate additional commands. This loop is used only when the read percentage is set to 50, in which case the middle loop will toggle between read and write commands. Modified sweep.py script, which generates DRAM traffic. Added input arguments and support for new DRAM_ROTATE mode. The script now has input arguments for: 1) Read percentage 2) Number of ranks 3) Address mapping 4) Traffic generator mode (DRAM or DRAM_ROTATE) The default values are: 100% reads, 1 rank, RoRaBaCoCh address mapping, and DRAM traffic gen mode For the DRAM traffic mode, added multi-rank support.
2014-09-09misc: Fix a number of unitialised variables and membersAndreas Hansson
Static analysis unearther a bunch of uninitialised variables and members, and this patch addresses the problem. In all cases these omissions seem benign in the end, but at least fixing them means less false positives next time round.
2014-09-03base: Use the global Mersenne twister throughoutAndreas Hansson
This patch tidies up random number generation to ensure that it is done consistently throughout the code base. In essence this involves a clean-up of Ruby, and some code simplifications in the traffic generator. As part of this patch a bunch of skewed distributions (off-by-one etc) have been fixed. Note that a single global random number generator is used, and that the object instantiation order will impact the behaviour (the sequence of numbers will be unaffected, but if module A calles random before module B then they would obviously see a different outcome). The dependency on the instantiation order is true in any case due to the execution-model of gem5, so we leave it as is. Also note that the global ranom generator is not thread safe at this point. Regressions using the memtest, TrafficGen or any Ruby tester are affected and will be updated accordingly.
2014-09-01mem: change the namespace Message to ProtoMessageNilay Vaish
The namespace Message conflicts with the Message data type used extensively in Ruby. Since Ruby is being moved to the same Master/Slave ports based configuration style as the rest of gem5, this conflict needs to be resolved. Hence, the namespace is being renamed to ProtoMessage.
2014-08-10cpu: Ensure the traffic generator suppresses non-memory packetsAndreas Hansson
This patch adds a check to ensure that packets which are not going to a memory range are suppressed in the traffic generator. Thus, if a trace is collected in full-system, the packets destined for devices are not played back.
2014-03-23cpu: DRAM Traffic GeneratorNeha Agarwal
This patch enables a new 'DRAM' mode to the existing traffic generator, catered to generate specific requests to DRAM based on required hit length (stride size) and bank utilization. It is an add on to the Random mode. The basic idea is to control how many successive packets target the same page, and how many banks are being used in parallel. This gives a two-dimensional space that stresses different aspects of the DRAM timing. The configuration file needed to use this patch has to be changed as follow: (reference to Random Mode, LPDDR3 memory type) 'STATE 0 10000000000 RANDOM 50 0 134217728 64 3004 5002 0' -> 'STATE 0 10000000000 DRAM 50 0 134217728 32 3004 5002 0 96 1024 8 6 1' The last 4 parameters to be added are: <stride size (bytes), page size(bytes), number of banks available in DRAM, number of banks to be utilized, address mapping scheme> The address mapping information is used to get the stride address stream of the specified size and to know where to find the bank bits. The configuration file has a parameter where '0'-> RoCoRaBaCh, '1'-> RoRaBaCoCh/RoRaBaChCo address-mapping schemes. Note that the generator currently assumes a single channel and a single rank. This is to avoid overwhelming the traffic generator with information about the memory organisation.
2014-03-23cpu: Add basic check to TrafficGen initial stateStan Czerniawski
Prevent incomplete configuration of TrafficGen class from causing segmentation faults. If an 'INIT' line is not present in the configuration file then the currState variable will remain uninitialized which may result in a crash.
2014-01-29cpu: fix bug when TrafficGen deschedules eventXiangyu Dong
Committed by: Nilay Vaish <nilay@cs.wisc.edu>